MonoDevelop 4.0.1 Copy / Paste Issue

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I am using Unity 4.3 with MonoDevelop 4.0.1 on Windows. Somehow Mono can't copy text from external applications like Google Chrome or Notepad. The the text is getting copied to clipboard as I can paste from Chrome to Notepad. But in Mono I can't paste text somehow.

Am I the only one with this problem? Any solutions?

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Answer by T27M · Dec 27, 2013 at 10:24 AM

I sometimes get this problem. Whenever I have problems I close all open tabs then I use Build -> Clean All, and then Build -> Build All and then restart MonoDevelop. Seems to work, most of the time....

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iamMichaelDavis · Feb 13, 2014 at 11:14 PM 1

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This did the trick, thank you so much!

Bui-Van-Nam · Dec 13, 2015 at 02:21 AM 1

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It work! Thanks. :D

januarelsan · Dec 31, 2015 at 04:09 PM 1

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Nice..it's Worked for me

tarod-net · Jan 27, 2016 at 11:58 PM 1

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Thanks! :)

Danny-vda · Feb 25, 2016 at 01:23 AM 4

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Thanks! 3 years later, this is still a valid tip! :(

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Answer by Vlastimil_Hruska · Jan 23, 2016 at 08:48 PM

Closing and reopening MonoDevelop (5.9.6) works for me.

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blitzuk · Feb 03, 2016 at 03:20 PM 1

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v5.9.6 ...me too, thanks

mikek400 · Jul 20, 2016 at 05:21 PM 1

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Yup, I have same version of MonoDevelop and closing and reopening allows me to paste. Thanks. --Mike K

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Answer by Davidovich · Dec 22, 2013 at 04:42 PM

I had the same issue and found a solution here.

If you have ever used Xamarin monodevelop it installs GTKSharp and doesn't clean up after itself when uninstalled. Unity's version was incorrectly using the Program Files(x86)\GTKSharp libraries instead of the local ones in Unity\Monodevelop\lib\gtksharp-2.0 . After removing the other copy in program files I can now paste.

After uninstalling gtk# for .NET from the Programs and Features control panel and restarting monodevelop I could copy and paste happily.

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Subhajit-Nath · Dec 27, 2013 at 09:50 AM 0

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Well, I don't have Xamarin monodevelop or GTKSharp installed. :(

Serdnad · Jun 29, 2014 at 07:11 PM 1

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I did once install Xamarin, so thanks.

jasonlu00 · Sep 03, 2017 at 05:50 PM 0

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I have MonoDevelop (5.9.6) and this works for me. It's worth mentioning that I had to re-install GTK from Unity folder after uninstalling it. The installer is located here: C:\Program Files\Unity\MonoDevelop\GTKSharp\gtk-sharp.msi

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Answer by NathanSix · Jan 26, 2016 at 06:02 PM

I seen a solution to this somewhere that worked for me. It was to hold ctrl and press right arrow then left arrow. Going back and forth seemed to fix it for me once.

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DarthPork · Feb 11, 2016 at 05:19 AM 1

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This worked for me, thank you!

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Answer by Max_Bol · Jul 25, 2016 at 07:29 PM

Uninstalling GTK# for .NET also worked for me.

Those are the steps :

1) Fully close MonoDevelop.

2) Got to your Programs & Features menu. It's the default menu that allows you to uninstall program from your PC. On Windows 8 or later version, you might have to check the "All Programs" list because that menu was fused with it.

3) Look for GTK# for .NET XX.XXXX where the X are version numbers

4) Uninstall it. (Wait for it to be fully done)

5) Now, you should not be able to open any scripts in Unity IF MonoDevelop is still your default script manager software in Unity's pref. You should get an error message that something wrong happened when trying to open MonoDevelop. If you can still open MonoDevelop, you might have more than one version of GTK# for .NET and should look for those.

6) Go to this website : http://www.mono-project.com/download/#download-win and download ONLY the GTK# for .NET. You won't be able to install anything else as you still have a different version of MonoDevelop installed with Unity.

7) Install the new downloaded GTK# for .NET

8) Open MonoDevelop (any script) in your Unity project.

9) In MonoDevelop : Built > Clean All then Built > Build All (F8 by default).

Now, Copy-Paste should be working.

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Mr_Mow · Jul 27, 2017 at 01:09 PM 0

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Thank you man!

Alacer · Oct 02, 2017 at 07:35 AM 0

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God damn thanks very much. Works fine, and no need for the last 9) step in my case.

JanZagar · Apr 25, 2018 at 10:26 AM 0

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Huge thanks man :D

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